Orchestra to Perform William Basinski's "Disintegration Loops" on 9/11

Performance comes to New York on the 10th anniversary of September 11

William Basinski created the ambient album The Disintegration Loops I-IV in his Brooklyn apartment during the months surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Wordless Music Orchestra will perform the world premiere of Basinski's piece "The Disintegration Loops, dlp 1.1" in New York City. The concert will happen in the Temple of Dendur, the truly striking Egyptian exhibit in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The performance is part of "Remembering September 11", a concert presented by the Wordless Music Series and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It begins at 3:30 p.m. and is free with museum admission."Remembering September 11" will also feature performances of three other pieces about remembrance: Ingram Marshall's "Fog Tropes II", Osvaldo Golijov's "Tenebrae", and Alfred Schnittke's "Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled With Grief", the last of which was arranged by the Kronos Quartet.